Posts Tagged ‘Mike Carter’
Crawford: ‘I don’t see how we’d be bettering the quality of candidates’
Measure to authorize child care as a candidate campaign expense fails in House subcommittee A measure to make it easier for Tennesseans with young children to run for public office died Wednesday, March 13 in a House subcommittee. House Bill 0007, sponsored by Rep. Jason Powell, D-Nashville, District 53, would have authorized a candidate to…
Read MoreBan on abortion after six weeks passes House, focus moves to Tenn. Senate
The Tennessee House of Representatives approved a ban on abortion after a heart beat can be detected — roughly six weeks of pregnancy. The legislation still must be heard by the full Tennessee Senate. The legislation, HB0077, sponsored by Rep. James “Micah” Van Huss, R-Gray, District 6, is one of Republican’s most aggressive attempts to restrict…
Read MoreExpanded voting by mail killed by GOP House subcommittee
Republican lawmakers shot down an effort to allow every Tennessee voter to vote by mail. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville, District 55, would have expanded Tennessee’s absentee voter rules, which currently limit voting by mail to 14 separate and somewhat random qualifications. The Republican-controlled subcommittee would not even allow the bill…
Read MoreTenn. Republicans reject protections for pre-existing conditions, rural hospitals, seniors in nursing homes
GOP votes down negotiations to insure the working poor, too House Republicans rejected four measures that would increase health care security for families enrolled in the state Medicaid program known as TennCare. The measures, introduced by Democratic members of the House Insurance Committee, would have amended HB1280, a bill that directs the governor to apply…
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